Final four slam-dunk for CBS

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CBS' broadcast of the NCAA men's basketball tournament title game was on par with last year and dominated Monday's primetime ratings.

Continuing CBS' Monday winning streak, the overtime win by Kansas over Memphis was seen by an average of 16.6 million viewers and registered a preliminary 6.5 rating/20 share among adults 18-49. Last year's game had a 6.7 rating. CBS led into the contest with comedy repeats that placed second in the 8 p.m. hour.

ABC came in second place for the night, with its reality hit "Dancing With the Stars" the second-highest-rated program (20 million viewers, 4.8/13). At 9:30 p.m., the freshman sitcom "Samantha Who?" returned to the air slightly lower than in its previous season average (11 million, 3.5/8). "Bachelor: London Calling" was on par (7.2 million, 2.6/7).

NBC was third, with the season (and likely series) finale of "My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad" (4.5 million, 1.3/4), followed by "Deal or No Deal" (10.2 million, 2.9/7) and "Medium" (10.7 million, 3.4/9).

Fox was fourth with a repeat and "New Amsterdam" (7.5 million, 2.3/6).